Small Wars Journal

6/19/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Mon, 06/19/2023 - 7:58am

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 18, 2023
2. Why It Seems Everything We Knew About the Global Economy Is No Longer True
3. In China, Blinken Holds Talks to Restart High-Level Diplomacy
4. Biden: We won’t ‘make it easy’ for Ukraine to join NATO
5. Japan’s grand strategy as a declining power
6. Is Myanmar the Front Line of a New Cold War?
7. Will Russia’s Break With the West Be Permanent?
8. IntelBrief: UN Global Counterterrorism Strategy to be Adopted During UN “CT Week”
9. Why Nepalis Are Fighting on Both Sides of the Russia-Ukraine War
10. US reliance on China’s capital goods rules out decoupling
11. US is losing Asia’s multilateral trade game
12. Australian special forces to wear 'Big Brother' cameras into battle as part of drastic effort to expose misconduct
13. Bank of China halts transfers from Russia to EU, US, UK, and Swiss banks
14. A psychologist says she broke down in tears when she learned the horrors that 2 castrated Ukrainian soldiers endured, says report
15. Special Operations News Update - June 19, 2023 | SOF News
16. Blinken meets China's Xi Jinping in final day of high-stakes Beijing visit aimed at cooling simmering tensions
17. Moral Injury, Afghanistan, and the Path Toward Recovery
18. Pentagon’s Secret Service Trawls Social Media for Mean Tweets About Generals
19. McMaster: Blinken China trip ‘may portray a bit of weakness’
20. Secretary Antony J. Blinken And People’s Republic of China President Xi Jinping Before Their Meeting                        

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea cites failed satellite launch as 'most serious' failure
2. Report on 8th Enlarged Plenary Meeting of 8th WPK Central Committee
3. N. Korea's trade with China shrinks 5 pct on-month in May: data
4. Ex-N. Korean secretary of inter-Korean affairs returns to party political bureau
5. Gov't to restore honor of female Army member killed during Korean War
6. S. Korea launches new team on population policy amid low birthrate
7. N.Korea 'Sought China's Help to Salvage Crashed Rocket'
8. Salvaged launch vehicle part could prove intel treasure trove
9. US expert calls for sanctioning Chinese entities over N. Korea's missile program
10. ASEAN secretary-general calls on N. Korea to return to dialogue
11.  Neither Seoul, Beijing want to further escalate tensions
12. S.Korea's special troops join UN peacekeeping exercise in Mongolia
13. The Jeju 4.3 Attacks Were Not a Democracy Movement
14. South Korea displays next-gen tank concept